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- Title
Elevated CO<sub>2</sub> concentration enhances the role of the ear to the flag leaf in determining grain yield of wheat.
- Authors
C. Zhu; J. Zhu; G. Liu; Q. Zeng; Z. Xie; J. Pang; Z. Feng; H. Tang; L. Wang
- Abstract
Abstract Net photosynthetic rate (P N) of ear and flag leaf during grain filling stage and grain yield of plants with non-darkened or darkened flag leaf or darkened ear were examined in two different CO2 concentrations: ambient (AC) and AC+200 µmol mol−1 (EC). Ear showed much higher enhancement (56 %) of P N than flag leaf (23 %) under EC. Moreover, CO2 enrichment shortened the photosynthetic duration of flag leaf relative to ear. In this way the ratio of ear to flag leaf contribution to grain yield increased from 1.18 (AC) to 1.39 (EC).
- Subjects
PHOTOSYNTHESIS; EFFECT of light on plants; LEAVES; LEAF color
- Publication
Photosynthetica, 2008, Vol 46, Issue 2, p318
- ISSN
0300-3604
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11099-008-0059-z